Gardening and Horticulture - What is plucking off my squash flowers?
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tpl1212
07-14-09, 08:59 AM
First time vegetable gardening...
We planted a bunch of squash plants, and they have been (seemingly) thriving. However, I've noticed that everytime a flower seems to end its "flowering" phase...all that is mysteriously left is what looks like a cut-of stem. Here is a picture:
Sad squash on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clampants/3720357658/)
You can see the flowers...then the seemingly professionally sheared-off stalks.
This leads me to believe that something is eating them, maybe (versus them just falling off)? Though, i've never actually seen anything near the garden (not that that would count for much)...slugs perhaps?
Anyways, thanks for any tips!
- Tim
We planted a bunch of squash plants, and they have been (seemingly) thriving. However, I've noticed that everytime a flower seems to end its "flowering" phase...all that is mysteriously left is what looks like a cut-of stem. Here is a picture:
Sad squash on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clampants/3720357658/)
You can see the flowers...then the seemingly professionally sheared-off stalks.
This leads me to believe that something is eating them, maybe (versus them just falling off)? Though, i've never actually seen anything near the garden (not that that would count for much)...slugs perhaps?
Anyways, thanks for any tips!
- Tim
Pilot Dane
07-14-09, 07:44 PM
It could be almost anything. In NC I have trouble with groundhog, opossum, deer, rabbit... I have had to seriously fence our gardens. It is very saddening to see something grow so well for weeks and then to be eaten alive one night. Have you considered fencing your garden?